The Tax Factor was created to educate individuals and small-business owners about taxes. Let’s face it, nothing in life is guaranteed except death and taxes. Okay, maybe that sounded pretty depressing but the goal of this blog is to help you find the information to learn how to make taxes work for you. Taxes can be extremely complicated but knowing about deductions and credits can save you thousands of dollars per year.

Sep 7, 2012

Tax Preparers' Hall of Shame: Long Island Tax Preparer Sentenced

And the new inductee of the infamous Tax Preparers' Hall of Shame goes to...... New York's own Nellie Intriago

The owner of a Long Island tax preparation service was sentenced to serve one year and one day of imprisonment for preparing false federal tax returns for her clients.

Nellie Intriago operated Latin Insurance Brokerage, located Hempstead, N.Y. According to court documents and statements made in court, she aided and assisted in the preparation of false individual tax returns, typically claiming fictitious and inflated job expenses, charitable contributions and other expenses. These overstated “itemized” deductions and expenses resulted in falsely understated tax liabilities and inflated tax refund claims.

Intriago had earlier pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one count of a 10-count indictment, in which she acknowledged preparing a 2004 U.S. Federal Income Tax Return which falsely claimed a $6,182 refund that resulted from fraudulent Schedule A deductions.

Congrats to Nellie Intriago and thank you for giving good tax preparers a bad rep!!!

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As a federally authorized Enrolled Agent and owner and CEO of the Brooklyn-based J.S. Tax Corporation, Jamaal Solomon provides tax services, business consulting, and IRS problem resolution. Delivering expert service, with his mission to “Take the fear out of taxes” for his clients, Jamaal has prepared federal and multi-state tax returns for individuals, partnerships, not-for-profit organizations, and corporations; has helped numerous tax-exempt organizations with their 501 (c)(3) applications; and has fielded a broad range of client and governmental inquiries on specific returns.
Licensed as an Enrolled Agent since 2007, Jamaal is empowered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to represent taxpayers before all administrative levels of the IRS for audits, collections, and appeals. As part of the Enrolled Agent program, Jamaal completes an average of 24 hours of continuing professional education each year. He earned his MS in Taxation from CUNY Baruch in 2009 and a BS in Business Management from SUNY Stony Brook in 2002.